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Avan's Cove


One day in the small port city of Courtshore a Page walks the halls of the courthouse. They pass by the Judge’s office door which has been left ajar. They pause and overhear a correspondence between said Judge and a person accused of piracy. The Accused attempts to bribe the Judge to avoid their hanging for the next day.

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Treasures of mass proportions stashed on an uncharted island by an elusive yet successful Pirate, Captain Jalil Avan of Persia. There are no maps to this island but the Accused promises that they could navigate any ship to the treasure. The Judge would simply fund the expedition. As Captain of the ship, the Accused would ensure that the Judge was paid for his/her mercy. The Judge considers this offer. Finally they make their demand: Unless they provide a map before morning, the Accused is to be hung for piracy.

The Pirate is escorted to their cell and the young Page slips off unnoticed. At dusk, the Page is instructed to retrieve a parchment of utmost importance from the Jailer to be delivered to the Naval Captain. The Page, bored with their lowly job and eager for adventure, contemplates their actions upon retrieving the parchment. They could run off with the map and lead the next big discovery of the century!

After much consideration, the Page dismisses their dream as foolish and hands the parchment to the Naval Captain with a heavy heart. As soon as the Head of Navy feasts his eyes upon the parchment, he swears loudly and throws the parchment to the floor. He then tells the Page that the map is useless. Written in a code by the illiterate knave. Stunned at the news, the Page quickly retrieves the parchment before racing off to deliver the news to the Judge.

The Naval Captain is crestfallen. The Judge is under scrutiny. The Pirate is hung the next morning. The Page leaves town that night carrying with them the map to Avan's Cove.

The Page would be bound to a more infamous port city to the north of Courtshore. The City of Bastion.
This city was heavily populated and crime ridden. Crooks of all sorts could be seen in the streets, young and old, rich or poor. Bastion is where most major pirate expeditions known to the region had been assembled. It is in this city, on a humid summer night, that the Page sought refuge. Too young to drink, too poor for a meal, and staggering from exhaustion, the Page made their way into a dimly lit Inn. This is where the real adventure begins.


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working on the Scholar, whose decryption skills and strategic advice might save the lives of the crew he is on
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Might make a character, to late at night to decide on what it will come out to be! After work tomorrow we shall see.
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Basic Info:

Name: Katerina Wythrurn
Title: Kat informally, Doctor Wythburn when she's serious.
Age: 25
Height: 5' 10"
Appearance: A tall, lean dark skinned woman with black hair cut short. She has bright blue tattoos of stylized dragons running up and down her arms. She is rather muscular, with slender fingers and callused palms. She dresses in a way that makes both pirates and navy uncomfortable, and wears clothing reminiscent of a
bastardized naval uniform, with the clothing altered for a woman.
Bio: The oldest daughter of a wealthy merchant family in the Old Country, Kat resisted her mothers attempts to mold her into the proper society woman, eschewing the crocheting lessons for running wild outside, rescuing hurt animals and nursing them back to health. Her father favored Kat, and when she announced that she wished to become doctor, hired medical professionals to tutor her privately. It was at this time that Kat's uncle, her father's eldest brother, sent message that he was doing poorly, and would likely die soon, away from home as he oversaw the merchant vessels from the family business in Bastion and would be unable to return home. Kat, having always liked her uncle, offered to travel to his side, and provide medical and emotional support for him in his last months. Kat's father, worried for his brother, agreed, and Kat went to Bastion. For a several months, Kat cared for her uncle, spending her free time at the apothecary, where she studied the witch doctors methods, taking note of the herbs used. When her uncle passed away from his crippling disease, Kat left the estate, not wishing to return to the Old Country. Instead, she sold some fine silverware she stole from the estate to Mrs. Moore in exchange for 3 months rent. She's been spending her time with the apothecary, and then providing inexpensive and reliable medical service to anyone, regardless of what side they fall on the law. Because of this, she's a fairly well known figure with the pirates for being able to deal with bullet and knife wounds and remaining quiet about it. The navy men come to her when they get hurt in a bar brawl they don't want their superiors to find out about. If anyone needed to recruit a reliable, willing doctor to a pirate crew, many would consider her.

Weapons: Stiletto dagger with pearl handle hidden in her boot. A Bone saw from her medical bag.
Db: Doubloons 7

Have they ever been out to sea?

Once

If so, how long ago?
Trans-ocean voyage, several months ago

What does your character do to get cash?

She used to simply Withdraw funds from her uncles estate. She now accepts donations for her medical work to pay for necessities.
Have they had run ins with the law?

The law was originally unwilling to anger Kat's uncle over her interactions with the pirates, and later they turned a blind-eye as she would provide medical care for any who asked.

Favorite haunt?
Inn at the Edge of the World/ One Eyed Troll Apothecary

Why are they in Bastion?

Originally to help her aging uncle, Kat stayed in Bastion because she wanted to enjoy a life of adventure.
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This looks like a lot of fun, so here is my application

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@Coastal
You're gonna have to make up some names for the major continents and nations of the world.
I've got a realistic Scholar, based in the real-world Earth.

@LokiLeo789 has a... guy who lives more in the, what, World of Warcraft universe?

Leo's character has drow caverns and magic. My character is studying culture and the like, with a side of science in the older-era of today's Earth
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@Coastal
You're gonna have to make up some names for the major continents and nations of the world.
I've got a realistic Scholar, based in the real-world Earth.

@LokiLeo789 has a... guy who lives more in the, what, World of Warcraft universe?

Leo's character has drow caverns and magic. My character is studying culture and the like, with a side of science in the older-era of today's Earth


Cryptozoology? Occult? Witchcraft? I’m down either way. This is fantasy after all. Pirate adventures and the supernatural typically go hand in hand, anyway.

Just wanted a character that added a bit of that, although the whole Drow Cavern thing can be excluded, might be abit much.
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@Coastal
You're gonna have to make up some names for the major continents and nations of the world.
I've got a realistic Scholar, based in the real-world Earth.

@LokiLeo789 has a... guy who lives more in the, what, World of Warcraft universe?

Leo's character has drow caverns and magic. My character is studying culture and the like, with a side of science in the older-era of today's Earth


That's part of the reason why I didn't add anything in the CS about the characters history. I had a tenuous grasp on what this World had to offer in the first place, and you can't create a history without a world. There is no context. I mentioned that this is our world to build. It's not some lazy tactic on my part to get out of world building. I honestly want input from the other people playing (preferably in PM) to ensure that there is diversity in character backgrounds.

Also, posting a character history is masturbatory(as in self-serving/self-indulgent). It's more practical to have an understanding of where your own character is coming from and to reveal bits and pieces of their backstory in game as they interact with others. Adds mystique to the charcater and insentive to get to know them. If you want me to approve of the history, that's fine, pm it to me. But not here in the OOC. Same goes for the World building suggestions. Thats my fault, I failed to make that clear.
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<Snipped quote by WilsonTurner>

That's part of the reason why I didn't add anything in the CS about the characters history. I had a tenuous grasp on what this World had to offer in the first place, and you can't create a history without a world. There is no context. I mentioned that this is our world to build. It's not some lazy tactic on my part to get out of world building. I honestly want input from the other people playing (preferably in PM) to ensure that there is diversity in character backgrounds.

Also, posting a character history is masturbatory(as in self-serving/self-indulgent). It's more practical to have an understanding of where your own character is coming from and to reveal bits and pieces of their backstory in game as they interact with others. Adds mystique to the charcater and insentive to get to know them. If you want me to approve of the history, that's fine, pm it to me. But not here in the OOC. Same goes for the World building suggestions. Thats my fault, I failed to make that clear.


And I thank you for not having a Background/History in the CS. I hate making those things. You're trying to have a childhood and adulthood in a world you have just been introduced to - it's impossible.
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Also, any of my characters' history tends to be unveiled through character development. The whole world won't know their entire life story - only the people they want to tell.
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Also, posting a character history is masturbatory(as in self-serving/self-indulgent).


Or meant to provide answers for questions before they start. Looking at my character, one might wonder about how he got all this- the backstory stalls peoples' accusations of pulling something out of my arse, because it's already written down and confirmed. He has this foreign object cause he was there; he doesn't just have it.

I'll take out my backstory anyhow, tho
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Or meant to provide answers for questions before they start. Looking at my character, one might wonder about how he got all this- the backstory stalls peoples' accusations of pulling something out of my arse...
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I argue that it would create a more authentic experience. Pirates are an untrustworthy lot, even amongst one another. It would lead to your character having to gain the trust and respect of his fellow crew members. Sure you're character would be heavily scrutinized. But they are making a very tall claim and should be expected to back up their story for themselves, not through OOC intervention. If they have to argue their authenticity to others, so be it. Part of the experience is to get sized up quite a lot.
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I'm currently reading all of the CS's. I'll PM you once you're approved.
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